CCB Jai Alai taste

I had the same problem with the 9/4 batch.

 

All my 9/11 cans were great, no issues here.

 

9/16 batch is delicious as usual

 

Ive had batches a month out, and theyve tasted pretty damned fantastic.

 

It wasnt an issue with them being old, it was that they didn't taste the same. The six pack that I had canned on 9/4 bought on 9/14 tasted syrupy and had little to know fruit taste and very little hop profile. Happy to hear newer batches taste fine as this is my go to to beer . Haven't picked up any since beginning of September, been drinking Sculpin

 

I had the same problem Sculpin and Racer 5. Both have gotten better with subsequent batches.

 

maybe they had an issue in shipping out to flagler? I haven't had any negative jai alai issues, but then i'm in Tampa.

 

I definitely had this same issue with the 9/11 batch. Tastes grassy to me, without the big fruitiness. I was actually considering emailing CCB about it, that's how disappointed I was.

 

I'm drinking one right now actually. Tastes normal to me. These were kept cold at a crown the whole time before I bought them, and right to the fridge in my place.
EDIT- Wait that was the 9/5 batch.
These were warm on the shelf at an ABC.

IDK, if there is a difference it's too subtle for me to notice.

 

I had a 6 of the 9/11 batch and noticed nothing wrong. Same old deliciousness.

 

Bob said a few weeks ago that jai alai is now being double dry hopped , so maybe there was a hiccup in the transition?

 

Not sure if it was my imagination, or even correlated to this at all. I was there about a week or two ago, I go so much I forget haha, and had a Tocobaga. Everything up to that point had been great as always, but the Tocobaga had a distinct taste to it that reminded of food with freezer burn. Not sure what could cause this, or if maybe my palate was just off that day but it definitely was a turn off.

 

not trying to defend anything but i definitely do think that people don't take into account that their palates change ALL the time and are very fluid and things can taste quite different certain days versus other days. my go-to is Invasion and it's never quite the same to me even when just skipping a day.

 

I also had an issue with a 6 pack of Tocobaga. I can't remember the bottling date, but I know it was sometime around the beginning of September. Tocobaga is one of my favorites and that 6-pack just tasted off. I drank one and thought it was off so I waited a week and tried another one. I ended up drainpouring the second. I may hold the other 4 and try them with some age to see if it gets any better.

 

I haven't had tocopaca in a long time....

 

I haven't had Jai Alai in awhile, but I had one of the 9/11 batch last night thought it was exactly what i remembered, epic good as usual.

 

The way your OP was written seems to indicate you drank them at different times. Which is true?